Blackstone faces Mirrorgate charges

Sunday 18 August 2002 23:00 BST

PUBLIC relations consultant Tim Blackstone will appear at Marylebone Court, Central London, next month to face four charges related to alleged insider dealing. Blackstone, the brother of Labour Minister for the Arts, Baroness Tessa Blackstone, denies the charges which follow a Department of Trade and Industry investigation into shares tipped in the Daily Mirror newspaper.